[U-Boot] [U-Boot,v2] SPL: tiny-printf: avoid any BSS usage
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Fri Jul 8 23:48:12 CEST 2016
On 07/08/2016 06:50 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 03:18:35PM +0100, Andre Przywara wrote:
>
>> As printf calls may be executed quite early, we should avoid using any
>> BSS stored variables, since some boards put BSS in DRAM, which may not
>> have been initialised yet.
>> Explicitly mark those "static global" variables as belonging to the
>> .data section, to keep tiny-printf clear of any BSS usage.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>
>
> Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
>
Mind you, __section(".data") would be enough, no need to spell the whole
attribute.
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Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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